 In 1969 he earned a degree in journalism from the University of Michigan.While attending Michigan he got his first broadcasting job at WCBY in Cheboygan, Michigan following his freshman year.He later worked at WPAG in Ann Arbor, Michigan and WPHM in Port Huron, Michigan during college, as well as at WCBN, the Michigan student radio station, where he did play-by-play of football, basketball, hockey and baseball.